Our Girl Scout Day camp made water bottle holders with a strap last year. We used a sock to insulate the bottle then wrapped it (not too tight) with duct tape. We added a duct tape or ribbon strap. We used colorful duct tape and the girls loved it!! I see them using them still at other functions. Have fun! ... View related article.
You can use rolled up newspapers with a brown grocery bag on the outside for the logs. Also, the Girl Scouts make an "edible fire" with younger children. It has everything a real fire would need, only edible. You use a small cup of water instead of a bucket of water; a spoon instead of a shovel to clear the area; M&M's for the fire ring instead of rocks; shredded wheat ceral or coconut for the tinder; small pretzels for the kindling; and large pretzles or tootsie rolls for the fuel; and light it with a candy corn stuck on a toothpick instead of a match. It is a fun way to teach the girls to make a real fire. I have decorated cakes using the small tootsie rolls as logs and red and orange tie-dye fruit roll ups cut into flames. Have fun! ... View related article.
I looked for patterns a few years ago. We found that the Build-A-Bear clothes fit the CPK dolls. Now we are looking for good, easy patterns for American Girl dolls. ... View related article.
We purchase one dollar store gift for each den for table decor (luau = gecko/future=rocket...). At the end of the banquet we draw names to see who from each den takes home the centerpiece. For the other tables we covered styrofoam rings with blue and gold crepe paper. We then made paper signs attached to coffee stirrers and stuck them into the rings (luau=wish you were here postcards from hawaii and scrapbook stickers with birds and hula dancers/future=3-2-1 blastoff with scouting with pictures of rockets and robots. The rings can be reused and paper is very cheap!! We also added decorative star wire (my hubby calls it Christmas razor wire) in gold and blue. ... View related article.
